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Hussain, Shumon Tobias ORCID: 0000-0002-6215-393X and Stobiecka, Monika ORCID: 0000-0003-3774-6159 (2024). Convivial Heritage: A Disruptive Archaeology Of Species Coexistence. Archaeological Dialogues, 31 (1). pp. 58-75. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 1380-2038

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Abstract

This paper explores the utility of conviviality thinking for archaeological theory and practice. It first situates calls for convivial analysis as a response to the excesses of late capitalism and the existential challenges of the global Anthropocene polycrisis. The paper then highlights the critical, ethical and interpretive potentials of the concept to re-think human–animal coexistence, to frame new approaches to ecological conservation and to creatively reimagine shared multispecies futures. A suite of examples from hunter-gatherer archaeology and archaeological museums is offered to illustrate how conviviality thinking helps to challenge traditional representations of the past and contributes to an engaged, post-critical approach to museum and heritage practices fostering a fruitful dialogue on the diversity of species co-living. Conviviality constitutes a powerful lens through which to integrate theory and practice and to draw on the empirical strengths of archaeology, while recognizing the need to speak to a critical moment in planetary history.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hussain, Shumon Tobias UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6215-393X UNSPECIFIED Stobiecka, Monika UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3774-6159 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-799180
Identification Number:	10.1017/S1380203825100147
Journal or Publication Title:	Archaeological Dialogues
Volume:	31
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 58-75
Number of Pages:	18
Date:	8 June 2024
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1380-2038
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 2: Archäologie, Altertumskunde und Kulturen des Mittelmeerraums > Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte
Subjects:	Geography and history
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language deep history English multispecies archaeology English Anthropocene heritage English post-critical museum English conviviality; species English co-living English conservation English archaeological imagination English
['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	Publikationsfonds UzK
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79918